Contract & Procurement Specialist in Edmonton

The Alberta Public Service works to build a stronger province for current and future generations. We make a difference in the lives of Albertans through rewarding and diverse career opportunities. Assisted Living and Social Services (ALSS) supports vulnerable Albertans by promoting stability, safety, and security. This includes seniors, people with disabilities, low-income individuals, and people experiencing homelessness. ALSS also supports opportunities for independence and improved quality of life by delivering preventive programming and helping Albertans access disability services, homelessness supports, financial assistance, employment services, seniors supports, continuing care, and other social programs.

Reporting to the Manager, the Contract & Business Analysis Specialist is responsible for planning, procuring, managing and evaluating agreements and operations that support the delivery of programs and services. You will lead or support procurement, contract and grant management, service planning, business analysis and continuous improvement activities within the Branch and Division. You will also work with program areas, service providers and other stakeholders to identify business and service needs, clarify underlying issues, analyze current-state processes and service delivery models, and develop evidence-based recommendations. This includes gathering and validating requirements, analyzing program, financial and operational information, assessing service gaps and risks, and defining desired outcomes and performance measures for contracts, grants, procurements and service improvement initiatives.

You will apply knowledge of social programs, client and community needs, legislation, policy, procurement practices, contract administration and business-analysis methods to ensure that agreements and service delivery approaches are effective, compliant and responsive to the needs of Albertans. Working independently with a high level of autonomy and requiring strong analytical, facilitation, negotiation, consultation, communication and relationship-management skills. In this role, you will build and maintain collaborative relationships with ministry staff, service providers and other stakeholders.

Through these relationships, you identify emerging issues, insights, evaluates options, supports evidence-informed decisions and facilitates the implementation and ongoing improvement of services, processes and agreements. Key responsibilities include managing contracts and grants, monitoring performance and compliance, analyzing financial and operational information, identifying risks and opportunities for improvement, and implementing corrective actions where required. You will also lead or support procurement processes, develop business cases and service strategies, facilitate consultations and working groups, and translate stakeholder needs into clear deliverables, performance measures and agreement requirements.

Through research, environmental scanning and continuous improvement initiatives, the role helps ensure services remain effective, responsive and aligned with ministry priorities and client needs. Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in-depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

• Systems Thinking - Takes a long-term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them.
• Build Collaborative Environments - Collaborates across functional areas and proactively addresses conflict.
• Drive for Results - Takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes.
• Creative Problem Solving - Works in open teams to share ideas and process issues.

Qualifications: University degree in Social Sciences, Social Work, Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, or equivalent experience in a related field with a minimum of 4 years progressively responsible related experience in delivery of services that support Albertans in their continuum towards employment or other social service sector.

Assets: The following experience or knowledge would be considered an asset:

• Performance measurement, data analysis and reporting.
• Project management, including leading projects and cross-disciplinary teams.
• Preparing briefings, reports and other materials, particularly in a public-sector environment.
• Stakeholder and public engagement.
• Database design, administration and reporting, including Power BI.
• Process design and automation using tools such as Microsoft Visio and Power Automate.
• Survey design, applied statistics, and data collection and analysis.

Hours of Work: 7.25 hours daily / 36.25 weekly – Monday to Friday. Final candidates will be required to undergo a criminal records check (CRC). Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level. We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements.